Scheme to pay for breast implants goes awry
Region: Colorado
A young man in Fountain, Colorado hired two men to kill his mother. But it was for a good cause. He felt this was the best way he could get money to pay for his girlfriend's breast implants. Lucky for mom, her son's ins... more
Views: 1330Texas man not guilty in boy's shooting
Region: Texas
A Texas jury upheld Texas homeowners' rights to protect their property from intruders when on Friday it acquitted Jose Luis Gonzalez, 63, of killing a boy who broke into his home last year. Opponents of the verdict say ... more
Views: 3023Zetas gang members arrested in Mexico Independence Day attack
Region: Mexico
Three members of the violent Zetas drug cartel gang in Mexico were arrested Thursday, Sept. 25, for their part in grenade attacks on Mexico Independence Day celebrants in the city of Morelia, which killed eight and injured... more
Views: 3011Crusading radio journalist killed in Mexico
Region: MexicoAlejandro Zenon Fonseca wanted to do something about organized crime in his town of Villahermosa in the southern state of Tabasco, Mexico. While hanging posters denouncing the criminals on Tuesday, he was shot and killed. ... more
Views: 989Bus crashes into elephant; did I read that right?
Region: Mexico
I picked up a copy of El Paso's El Diario newspaper in Spanish yesterday and leafed through it, seeing how much I could understand. In the “Juarez” section, a photo of an elephant lying in the road caught my ey... more
Views: 1323Man did not sexually assault comatose wife, court says
Region: WisconsinThree years ago, Portage, Wisconsin police videotaped David W. Johnson, 59, having sex with his wife. Not in his home, but in a nursing home, where his wife was, and continues to be, in a coma. The videotaping stemmed f... more
Views: 1521Family wants daughter named a saint
Region: Massachusetts
Audrey Santo, a Massachusetts woman who died in April 2007 and who had not walked nor talked since 1987 when she fell into a swimming pool, should be considered for sainthood according to the Little Audrey Santo Foundation... more
Views: 903Hispanic students attack Anglos in Deming NM schools
Region: United States
Anglo students are being beaten up and harassed by Hispanic students, according to parents in Deming, New Mexico, a town of 15,000 thirty miles north of the Mexican border. It's been going on for years and they want someth... more
Views: 3140Evangelist suspected of child abuse and pornography
Region: Arkansas
The Tony Alamo 15-acre Christian Ministries compound in Fouke, Ark., was raided by federal officers Saturday, Sept. 20. They were looking for evidence of child abuse and production of pornography. No one has been arrested,... more
Views: 1975Suspects in Mexico Independence Day attack released
Region: Mexico
Three men detained in northern Zacatecas state as suspects in the Independence Day attack that killed seven and injured more than 100 were not involved, say federal investigators. The search continues for whoever lobbed tw... more
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